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DevRel @AztecNetwork | Ex eng @AaveAave | Privacy nerd | Hacking on cool stuff ๐ฉโ๐ป
Irish in Madrid ๐ช๐ธ
Joined January 2014
Got a CV today and the guy literally listed one of his skills as โgooglingโ . Weโre interviewing him.
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@NasheedWallace Yesterday I was walking to an interview. There was a starving dog on the road. I stopped to feed him & missed the interview. The next day I got a call asking to come in to do the interview. I was surprised, but I went. Then the interviewer came in. He was the dog.
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yOU HaVe tO be PAsSionATe tO WorK In teCh. bitch I'm passionate about money.
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Brand new to programming and want to become a web developer?. Start here ๐งตโฌ๏ธ.
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Whenever I meet someone and tell them Iโm a programmer, they always immediately assume Iโm super smart . Guys, can we collectively try to make people understand coding is not difficult?. It is literally googling and fixing bugs we caused in the first place. Anyone can code.
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The interview: inverse a binary tree. The job: make this button purple.
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You're not a junior developer. You're not a senior developer. You're a developer.
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There are five layers of software. ๐ Hosting - where data is stored. ๐ฆ Database - how data is stored. ๐ค Logic - how data is processed. ๐ API - how data is fetched. ๐ฅ UI - how data is presented.
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There are five layers of software. ๐ Hosting - where data is stored. ๐ฆ Database - how data is stored. ๐ค Logic - how data is processed. ๐ API - how data is fetched. ๐ฅ UI - how data is presented.
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There are five layers of software . ๐ Hosting - where data is stored. ๐ฆ Database - how data is stored. ๐ค Logic - how data is processed. ๐ API - how data is fetched. ๐ฅ UI - how data is presented. It's all about data!.
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Guys. I write code but I don't drink coffee. Am I still allowed in the dev community?.
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@bbcthesocial Makes me sad how thereโs so much hate on this. Getting a haircut is just a metaphor for how gendered our society is - so many things are either male or female. This person struggles on a daily basis trying to fit into one or the other when theyโre neither. Thatโs their point.
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Saw this on Reddit and all I could think about is how awful the code is
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GraphQL > REST.Vue > React.React Native > Flutter.Mac > Windows.GitLab > GitHub.
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Me, learning css without following any tutorials and being shocked when it doesn't work:
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If a man tries to tell you that โguysโ is a gender neutral term, ask them how many guys theyโve slept with.
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So you wanna be a freelance web developer? Learn these:. ๐น HTML & CSS.๐น Basic Javascript.๐น A CMS of your choice.๐น SEO (search engine optimization).๐น Accessibility.๐น Basic design skills.๐น How to market yourself.
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So you wanna be a freelance web developer? Learn these:. ๐น HTML & CSS.๐น Basic Javascript.๐น Wordpress (and what a CMS is in general).๐น SEO (search engine optimisation).๐น Accessibility.๐น Basic design skills.
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Don't apply for jobs, get jobs to apply to you. Do these things:. โ๏ธ Write articles and post them on social media. ๐ Contribute to open source. ๐ข Network on LinkedIn. โ Answer questions on Stack Overflow. ๐ Have a website where you can easily be contacted.
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Don't have a degree and want to be a full-stack developer?. Thankfully it's getting more common to hire devs who don't have official qualifications. Anyone can code!. However, the industry is slow and it's still difficult. So make sure you have these to better your chances ๐.
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Interviews are more than just a company assessing you for a job. They're also for you to assess the company and make sure they're right for you. How do you do that? Ask questions!. Here are 50 questions you can ask in interviews to learn what you need to know ๐.
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How many of my programmer friends are also musicians?.
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The HBO intern has started a trend on tech Twitter where devs are admitting their mistakes and I LOVE IT . Can we have a day a week where we just talk about stupid things weโve done?
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Hiring tip:. Remove all numbers from your job requirements. โ 4 years JavaScript experience.โ
Proficient in JavaScript. Studies show that women & minorities are far less likely than white men to apply for a job when they do not meet the requirements. Awareness is key.
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Me: I do Javascript . Him: So you make websites?. ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ.
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Looking for remote jobs? Change your LinkedIn location to somewhere in the USA. You'll be shown to companies in the US which are more likely to have remote roles that pay well.
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Aight, I've seen tech Twitter do the rounds of 'git isn't github' again, but no one is actually explaining what either git or github actually are. So, a thread about git I guess ๐.
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Don't ask people where they see themselves in 5 years. 5 years ago, I would've wanted to be living in San Fran working at FAANG. Now, I'm traveling the world full-time, working at a startup, and removing FAANG from my life. My 5 year plan is inaccurate, and I like it that way.
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Iโm back home in Portugal after a crazy 5 days in Brussels!. My ETHCC takeaways:. - people are tired of new protocols and promises and will look right through the bs, buzzwords are dying.- there are so many normies and itโs awesome.- i thought it was ZK summer but now i think.
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Don't apply for jobs, get jobs to apply to you. Do these things:. โ๏ธ Write articles and post them on social media. ๐ Contribute to open source. ๐ข Network on LinkedIn. โ Answer questions on Stack Overflow. ๐ Have a website where you can easily be contacted.
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I want to start helping devs get started in web3. The decentralised world has always been my passion, but I think it can be quite inaccessible especially for new devs . So Iโm going to start creating YouTube videos & articles about it!. Web3 is the future & the future is now ๐.
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What helped my land my first job:. ๐น Projects on GitHub proving knowledge of git. ๐น Awareness of frameworks used by the company. ๐น Clear enthusiasm and willingness to learn. ๐น Being comfortable with a whiteboard. ๐น Personal projects (all unfinished) that I could talk about.
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Gunna start a Discord community for Javascript developers who are in / want to get into blockchain. What should I name it?.
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People who use Python like Python a lot more than people who use Javascript like Javascript.
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My plan as a teen: Work at Google or Facebook. My plan now: Work at places that destroy Google and Facebook.
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Donโt build from scratch. There are plenty of free tools and libraries that already exist and can do exactly what you need to do. Donโt be dumb. Use them.
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Cut my hair and dyed it redder! What do you guys think? ๐
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Iโm convinced that no one who codes actually likes coding.
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He probably defined Samara as a string because he didnโt want to say women are objects.
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Am I the only one who doesnโt like stickers on my laptop?.
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You want the secret to being really great at coding?. Code.
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Programming is:. ๐น 10% writing code.๐น 20% copying code.๐น 70% finding the right code to copy.
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Please donโt call me dear. Or sweetheart, or cutie, or beautiful, or doll, or darling, or angel. Just call me my fucking name.
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Ok but why is no-one on my twitter talking about @Algorand state proofs?. It's basically a trustless bridge. Decentralized, secure, scalable interoperability between chains. Launched on betanet last week, mainnet coming in September
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Life update:. I'm going to stop digital nomading. I will still prioritize travel (hopefully for 5-6 months a year), but the pandemic has forced me to have a 'home' and I've realized I like it. So I'm moving to Portugal, and Lisbon will be my new base! ๐ต๐น.
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One of the hardest parts about learning to code is understanding how everything fits together. It's all just data. ๐ Hosting - where data is stored. ๐ฆ Database - how data is stored. ๐ค Logic - how data is processed. ๐ API - how data is fetched. ๐ฅ UI - how data is presented.
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My boyfriend is learning to code. What advice would you give him?.
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I follow quite a few Nigerians and you guys are so great. It makes me want to visit your country. Any other Nigerian coders I should follow? ๐ณ๐ฌ.
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Code is like a joke. If you have to explain it, itโs bad.
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Guys, the pandemic has been really crappy for me. Iโve had to give up on dreams and go back to a country I hate. The people I care about are struggling a lot. And I ended my second longest relationship of my life. Could really use some love from yโall right now. โค๏ธ.
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Whatโs a hobby you have outside of programming?.
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If you donโt think searching the internet is a skill, youโre not good at searching the internet.
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Men, your dream girl isn't on dating apps or at a nightclub, she's. - On discord.- Coding on Friday nights with bad posture.- Getting rugged.- Analyzing Etherscan.- Arguing about TEEs.- On her third coffee, no lunch.- Tired.
Men, your dream girl isn't on dating apps or at a nightclub, she's:. ~ At church .~ At the farmer's market.~ In the library.~ In a bookstore .~ Sipping a whole milk latte in a cute cafe.~ Baking sweet treats for loved ones.~ Spending time in nature
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A lot of people are talking about how you can make passive income as a developer ๐ฐ. But do you want to know one super important tip?. Grow a community. Have an audience. Pushing out products and books means nothing if no one sees them. 2021 is the year of community building ๐ฉโ๐ป.
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Pro tip: shut down your computer every once in a while.
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You donโt need more time. You need more focused time. In just 5 minutes you can:. - Learn a new piece of syntax .- Write a short blog post.- Watch a tutorial .- Read two pages of a book. Spend your time wisely and youโll realise you have a lot more of it than you thought! โญ๏ธ.
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Getting started with git is hard. So remember this: git is NOT GitHub. If you're learning git, don't go straight to GitHub and expect to understand. Set it up on your computer and learn some commands first. Then you can incorporate GitHub. You'll thank me later!.
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Tech Twitter is a completely different place from the real tech world. You donโt need to be like these people with 30k followers writing e-books about how they got 30k followers. Just write code. Build things you want to build. Be inspired by people who arenโt on Twitter.
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I feel like 90% of programmers I know are gamers. Why is this a thing?.
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Your first blog post will suck. Your first podcast will suck. Your first photograph will suck. Your first painting will suck. But your first piece of code will be perfect. No bugs. Amazingly clean code that anyone could understand. It will be โhello worldโ.
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Whatโs your favourite VSCode extension? ๐ฉโ๐ป.
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I might actually try 12 startups in 12 months in 2021. Itโs something Iโve wanted to do for a while, and I think have the skills now. And quite a few ideas ๐ค.
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People who are still using Google Chrome: why?. Iโm genuinely interested.
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Donโt know who needs to hear this but:. Stop watching tutorials and build shit.
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Step 1. Get yourself a text editor that you like. I know you want to dive right into coding, but you need to know where to put this code first! . The industry favourite is VSCode and it's great for beginners too
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I choose to believe that people are following me for my insightful tech tweets and not my photo from yesterday.
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๐ก Tip for CS students:. Build projects outside of class!. Once I started working on my own things during my bachelors, I was not only easier to hire but I also solidified my knowledge and the rest of my degree was a breeze (except the math lol). It will make your life easier ๐ฉโ๐ป.
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New phones donโt excite me anymore. I used to upgrade every year. But now Iโve had an iPhone XR for almost 3 years and have no desire to get a new one. Anyone else feel the same?.
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There comes a point in every dev's career when you stop applying to jobs and jobs start applying to you . Get there faster by building an online presence.
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Step 4: Build!. Now you know enough to build something, so build something! You may still feel like you know nothing, but feel free to search the internet as much as you need to. We all do. If you're stuck for ideas, Geeks for Geeks has some great ones
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Brand new to programming and want to become a Python dev?. I've now been featured in Python newsletters and told I should speak at PyCon, and many people have requested this, so I think it's time for this thread!. 19 steps to landing your first junior Python job ๐งตโฌ๏ธ.
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Normalize not having an opinion on everything.
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Tech twitter seems to post the same 4 engagement-grabbing tweets:. ๐ธ Motivational but empty tweets - 'you can do it!'.๐ธ Lists of accounts to follow (always the same).๐ธ Easy quizzes.๐ธ <language> vs <other language>. The worst part is, they totally work ๐
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Boomers be like โI donโt want a vaccine because theyโre going to put a chip in it and track me!โ. and then proceed to use Facebook.
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I literally love my job so much. I'm sitting in a coffee shop just vibing and smiling at my computer. I'm working in the fucking future man.
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